To have any understanding of Fuller's compelling real-life stories, we must take a step back and remember that her time period is very different from ours (early 1800s ). Back then, right-minded people didn't dare go against the norms or traditions of a kept-in-line society, for fear of being shunned and shamed. Nonetheless, this story really spoke to me, as Mrs. Fuller has an edge on all of her life experiences. He had no other siblings at home to interact with like normal children, he had no other playmates. The theories that I decided to use to bring his work into a different light are “queer theory” and “psychological theory”. I believe Ms. Fuller was truly profound in her writing, especially in the thoughtful pieces where she talks about her dear soulmate. He went through so much during the 40 years he lived, and most of it, during his childhood. When Fuller was a little girl, she grew up with her father only because her mother had died. This may have led to her father raising her as a boy. In 1800 it was males who could read and study, but she had broken a rule. As a child she was greatly influenced in all of her literacy skills, but it came at a price: her sanity. She describes it as: "The consequence was a premature brain development that made me a 'young prodigy' by day, and by night a victim of ghostly illusions, nightmares, and sleepwalking."(199) Again, I doubt any child his age has gone through all this, so another norm has been broken. When she said that “Memorable was the day when I first picked up a volume of SHAKESPEARE to read it” (212), this shows that this memory was very dear to her. Even though his father forbade reading Shakes... in the middle of the newspaper... situations that warm the heart. Through all of this, we can learn so much from a different era. For example, we all take this idea of ​​friendship and think it's okay to take friends for granted because there are so many of them online in our age. The way Fuller had his friendship with his soulmate, it's a truly incredible friendship. If only our modern society recognized such wisdom, we could have different mindsets that value true, rock-solid friendships. I don't blame Fuller's father for ruining his childhood, simply because the absence of a mother is devastating. Mothers are the creatures that bring humans to earth and nurture them to ultimately give them a compassionate side. Fuller learned from his father how to stand on his own two feet and not be afraid of the unknown. Her soulmate had given her the embodiment of a sister and a mother.